Rochet vs Cassock - What's the difference?
rochet | cassock |
A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XI, iv:
*:Each priest adorn'd was in a surplice white, / The bishops don'd their albes and copes of state, // Above their rochets button'd fair before, / And mitres on their heads like crowns they wore.
*(Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
*:They see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet .
A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
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(obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
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As nouns the difference between rochet and cassock
is that rochet is a white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the anglican church or rochet can be a fish, the red gurnard while cassock is (obsolete) a military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.rochet
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Etymology 1
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(en noun)Etymology 2
Probably corrupted from (etyl) rouget.cassock
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(wikipedia cassock) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}